PALI POLICE KILL ANTI-PEACE PROTESTOR

Palestinian killed as police break up West Bank rallies.
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AFP) - Palestinian police killed one man in the West Bank on Tuesday as it broke up rallies against a US peace meeting, while Hamas supporters in Gaza rallied in force against the conference.

Palestinian security forces fired into the air and pummelled demonstrators with batons as they dispersed protests throughout the occupied West Bank against the meeting opening in the US city of Annapolis.

Riot police and other security forces moved in on members of the Hezb al-Tahrir (Islamic Liberation Party) as soon as they left mosques in the cities of Ramallah, Nablus and Hebron aiming to march in demonstrations.

In Hebron, 36-year-old Hisham Baradi died in hospital of a gunshot wound received in the melee. The circumstances surrounding the shooting were not immediately clear. At least 35 other people were wounded.

HERE'S A VIDEO OF PALESTINIANS RALLYING AGAINST PEACE WITH ISRAEL: